Kočevje climate — normals and trends
Kočevje (Slovenia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 1,328 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (18.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Kočevje averages 95 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 149 rainy days per year.
Kočevje has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 115 to 75 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.7 °C (on 5 July 1950) and the coldest -29.3 °C (on 15 February 1940).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
KočevjeMunicipality of Kočevje
- coords
- 45.64°, 14.86°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.9°C
Average daily high
13.0°C
Average daily low
5.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,328mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
11.6km/h
Seasonal range
20.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
95 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
149 d/yr
Annual snowfall
159.9 cm
Average feels-like high
11.4 °C
Average feels-like low
3.2 °C
Average peak gust
33.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
35.7 °C
5 July 1950
Coldest day
-29.3 °C
15 February 1940
Wettest day
71 mm
28 August 1989
Windiest day
34.7 km/h
30 March 1995
Strongest gust
94.7 km/h
21 May 1984
Hottest feels-like
37.8 °C
27 July 1983
Coldest feels-like
-33.8 °C
15 February 1940
Snowiest day
37.0 cm
10 February 1999
Sunniest day
14.9 h
22 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.5 °C | +3.8 °C | 84 mm | +7 mm |
| Feb | 4.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 74 mm | -10 mm |
| Mar | 11.3 °C | +3.0 °C | 195 mm | +102 mm |
| Apr | 15.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 104 mm | -11 mm |
| May | 17.6 °C | 0.0 °C | 136 mm | +11 mm |
| Jun | 26.6 °C | +5.2 °C | 15 mm | -118 mm |
| Jul | 24.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 183 mm | +65 mm |
| Aug | 24.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 82 mm | -37 mm |
| Sep | 20.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 116 mm | -6 mm |
| Oct | 13.9 °C | +0.2 °C | 122 mm | +8 mm |
| Nov | 9.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 138 mm | +10 mm |
| Dec | 5.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 46 mm | -54 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kočevje?
Kočevje has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 1,328 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kočevje?
The hottest day measured in Kočevje between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 1950, reaching 35.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kočevje?
The coldest day measured in Kočevje between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1940, at -29.3 °C.
Does it snow in Kočevje?
Yes. Kočevje gets on average 159.9 cm of snow per year and has around 95 frost days.
Has the climate of Kočevje warmed?
Yes: Kočevje warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kočevje?
The wettest day measured in Kočevje between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 1989, with 71 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kočevje?
The windiest day measured in Kočevje between 1940 and 2025 was 30 March 1995, with winds reaching 34.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kočevje?
The warmest month in Kočevje is July (18.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Kočevje?
Kočevje receives on average 1,328 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 149 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kočevje?
Kočevje gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kočevje?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kočevje between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1999, with 37.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kočevje?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kočevje.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kočevje?
In Kočevje, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.8 °C on 27 July 1983, and the lowest was -33.8 °C on 15 February 1940.
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